Forging political compromise : Antoni´n S?vehla and the Czechoslovak Republican Party, 1918-1933 / Daniel E. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Daniel, author.

Series:

Series in Russian and East European studies.

Pitt series in Russian and East European studies ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Czechoslovakia--Politics and government--1918-1938.

Czechoslovakia.

Republika´nska´ strana zeme?de?lske´ho a malorolnicke´ho lidu (Czechoslovakia).

S?vehla, Antoni´n, 1873-1933.

S?vehla, Antoni´n.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 323 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999.

Summary:

Historians have long claimed Czechoslovakia between the world wars as an island of democracy in a sea of dictatorships. The reasons for the survival of democratic institutions in the Czechoslovak First Republic, with its profound divisions, have never been fully explained, partly because for years critical research was thwarted by the communist state. Drawing on information from European archives, Miller pieces together the story of the party and its longtime leader, Antonín Svehla- the "Master of Compromise," who had an extraordinary capacity to mediate between political parties, factions, and individual political leaders. Miller shows how Svehla's official and behind-the-scenes activities in the parliament provided the new state with stability and continuity.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures

ABBREVIATIONS

FOREWORD

Introduction: DEMOCRACY IN THE BALANCE

1 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE AGRARIAN PARTY AND THE FIRST REPUBLIC

2 COALITION-BUILDING IN THE EARLY YEARS, 1918-1922

3 UNITING THE AGRARIAN MOVEMENT, 1920-1922

4 THE ALL-NATIONAL COALITION, 1922-1926

5 POLITICS THROUGH THE GENTLEMEN'S COALITION, 1926-1933

Conclusion: CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S TRADITION OF COMPROMISE

Appendix 1: The Evolution of the Czechoslavonic Agrarian Party in the Habsburg Monarchy

Appendix 2: The Development of the Agrarian Movement in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938

Appendix 3: The Administration of the Republican Party Between the World Wars

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-309) and index.

ISBN:

9780822977285

0822977281